Lalit Mohan Nath (1 November 1935 – 2 July 2016) was a Bangladeshi nuclear physicist. He was a professor in the Department of Physics at the

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Early life

Nath obtained his B.Sc.(Hons.) degree in physics standing first in the First Class in order of merit and his M.Sc. degree in physics standing second in the First Class in order of merit. He then went to the

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to undertake work on electromagnetic interactions of charged particles in the quantum theory of fields of spin-one and -two particles, under the supervision of Nicholas Kemmer and Peter W. Higgs, and obtaining his Ph.D. in theoretical physics in 1964.

Academic career

Nath joined the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh in September 1972 and served until June 2001. He became Professor of Physics in 1981 and became the Chairman of the Department of Physics from July 1994 until June 1996. He had also been the Provost of Jagannath Hall of the University of Dhaka from September 1983 until October 1986. Nath was a visiting scholar at the University of Western Ontario, Canada during December 1971 to June 1972, at the

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during August 1969 to November 1971 and at the

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during September 1967 to August 1969. Nath was an associate of the Abdus Salam International Center for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Italy from January until August 1967. He also worked for some time in the

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as a senior scientific officer from December 1964 to December 1966. Nath was a president of Bangladesh Puja Udjapan Parishad and Mahanagar Sarbojanin Puja Committee.

Awards

* Razzaq-Shamsun Physics Prize * Independence Day Award (2017)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Nath, Lalit Mohan 1935 births 2016 deaths Recipients of the Independence Day Award Bangladeshi physicists Academic staff of the University of Dhaka Alumni of the University of Edinburgh University of Dhaka alumni